Training offering

Introduction to Storage Networking

Description

Examine products and strategies associated with managing the explosive growth of business data across the enterprise in today's networking economy.

Objectives

Discuss the convergence of networked approaches to storage connectivity, including SAN, NAS, and iSCSI
Describe storage networking facilitated value-add solutions including: disk or tape resource pooling, LAN-free backup, serverless backup, high availability clustering, and disaster tolerance
Define SAN terminology including: Fibre Channel architecture, data transfer protocols, nodes, ports, fabric, switches, hubs, bridges, and gateways
Correlate storage networking infrastructure with host and NAS server Logic Unit Number (LUN) assignments and device access
Identify resource access and sharing options and considerations associated with networked storage environments
Assess NAS backup options including point-in-time images with the Persistent Storage Manager, LAN-free backup with Tivoli Storage Manager, and Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) backup with Tivoli Data Protection
Illustrate the usage of the SAN fabric components including protocol converters, Fibre Channel hubs, switches, and directors in establishing a SAN environment
Topics Include:
Evolution to storage networking
Enterprise storage infrastructure challenges
Storage networking facilitated solutions
Introduction to Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel architecture
Fibre Channel physical model
Storage consolidation and host resource access
Storage consolidation and host LUN access
Resource access and sharing
SAN infrastructure and networking exploitation
SAN fabric components
LAN/SAN file sharing and backup options
SAN management overview

Participants

Information Technology (IT) architects, system engineers, and other specialists who need a general introduction to the storage networking environment.

Prerequisite(s)

None.